Vapor-lamp.



A. A. WARNER.

VAPOR LAMP.

APPLICATION nun APR. 14, 190B.

Patented Nov. 17, 1908.

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A. A. WARNER.

VAPOR LAMP.

APPLIUATIOH FILED APR. 14, 1908. 904,239. Patented Nov. 17, 1908,

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ALONZO A. WARNER, OF NEW BRITAIN, QONNEGT CLARK, OF NEW BRITAIN, CONNEGTICLT VAPOR-LAMP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

ICUT, ASSIGNOR TO LANDEHS, FRiiltY AND T, A UORPORAIION.

v Patented Nov. 17, 1908.

Application filed April 14, 1908. Serial No. 427,047.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Anoivzo A. Human, a

citizen of the United States, residing at of Hartford and State Britain, in the county of Connecticut, have inve and useful Improvements N ew nted certain new in Vapor-Lamps.

of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to vapor lamps and the object of improvements in my improvement is to improve the convenience and efficiency of the lamp in several ways as will be seen by the several features of construc tion hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawing z l igurc 1 is a plan view lamp, the wick zontal section. Fig. 2 is on the line a a of Fig. l

of the main portion of my tube being shown in horia vertical section of the lamp tent and several ot. the connected parts, while other parts are shown in side elevation. Fig. 3 is a central vertical section of the wick tube. the wicking and cloth being shown in side elevation.

is a horizontal section on tl 2, of the wick tube holder the lamp font,

surrounding wire l ng t ie lmc 1 3 ol l 1g. on the bottom of the. spring catch or split ring and a portion of the bottom of the tent being shown in plan view. Fig. 5 is a detached side elevation of the boss that forms the mouth of the lamp font and the shutter that slides up and down within the said boss. Fig. 6 is a horizontal section of the same on the line 2 2 of Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is a horizontal section of the said boss on the line 8 s of Fig. 5,

the shutter and its rack being removed therefrom.

The present invention consists of improvements in and additions to the vapor lamp disclosed and claimed in Serial Number 387,820, filed A, designates the font boss 8 within which boss arranged to be moved up rounding the central boss 8 pression or priming place alcohol or other b priming the lamp. The f( my application.

Aug. 9. 1907.

having a central the shutter 9 is and down. Suris an annular derecess 10 in which to urning fluid for mt is provided at one side with an internally threaded neck 11, that serves as the filli stead of closing this open solid plug I close the san small pump 12, the barrel vided near its upper end portion 13 that may be said neck as shown, in w ng opening. Ining or neck by :1 ie by means of a of which is prowith a threaded screwed. into the hich position the nozzle 14 tom of th 3y pull of the pump will be near the bote font. ing out the pump piston by means of the handle 15 when the pump is in the tont, some of the fluid in the font may be t aken up ejected which the per.

and upon removing the pump into the priming depression 10. after pump may be replaced as a stop- 7 The shutter operating pinion 16 is mounted on a. shatt l'i that has its bearing in the tube 18, and is provided with a. knob 19 in any ordinary shafts and pinions.

manner of mounting like The shutter {I is provided with an ordinary rack 20 which may be. soldered or otherwise rigidly secured. to one side of the shutter tor engagement with the said pinion. an opening 2! the said pinion.

adjacent Adjacent being engaged by the back or The boss 8 is provided with Fig. 5, at one. side to receive the said opening 21 being to the toothed edge of the rack. to this opening and in position for untoothed edge of the rack. l form two triangular in sets 22 in the boss, cutting the. metal on that side of the said insets which are in line with the. back shoulders of the rack so as to Form inner on the boss opposite the plain edge of the rack to assist in holding the rack in engagen'ient with the pinion.

The flange 23 two upwardly projecting is seated holder is socket an groove 27 spring the said r than the s ribs upon which the wick tube holder 26. This in the form of a short tube or d is provided with an internal within which groove is seated a catch 28 in the form of a split ring,

ing being a little less in diameter aid groove so as to permit the said ring or catch to spring outwardly when receiving the lower end of the wick tube 29. The said lower end of the wick tube is provided with a rib or bead 30 for engagement with the said ring or catch. In order to insert the wick tube within its holder, its

lower end is inserted therein and when the under side of the bead 3t) ei'igages ring or catch,

w a rd ly to head pass the split the wick tube is forced downexpand the said catch and let the by, after which the ring contracts and lying just above the bead secures the wick tube against accidental displacement while at the same time it may be withdrawn by pulling it upwardly or outwardly with sufficient force.

As in my aforesaid application, I tightly close the upper end of the wick tube 2%) by means of a cap 31 and I form the outlet 32. Fig. 3, of the wick tube near the mouth of the font as formed by the central boss 8. This outlet opens into a surrounding jet ring 33 having perforations or jets 3+ in its top. the said jets forming the apor outlets of the lamp. The jet ring as in my aforesaid application is of a size to fit and substantially fill the shutter 9. Above the jet ring the wick tube is substantially hexagonal in horizontal section, but with slightly depressed side faces 35), the angles of the several t'aces being extended far enough to substantially fill the shutter. that is, far enough to reach nearly to the inner wall of the shutter. The jets 3% correspond in number to the several side faces of the angular portion of the wick tube above the jet ring, and are located at about the middle of the said faces as shown in Fig. 1. Below the ring, the wick tube is enlarged so as to form an internal annular chamber that extends downwardly a short distance, below which chamber the wick tube is of substantially the same diameter as it is within the jet ring. Instead of the loose rod shown in my afor said application, I encircle or partially encircle the wicking 36 with wire gauze 37, the

same extending over that portion of the wicking that lies within the annular chamber 35, and up through the jet ring whereby the wicking is prevented from expanding to fill the annular chamber and also is held out of contact with the inside of the wick tube above and for a short distance below the said chamber so as to hold the wickiug away from the wick tube from end to end of the said gauze.

If desired the meeting or confronting edges 38 of the wire cloth 37 may be turned in as shown. No fastening of the wire cloth or gauze, is necessary as it will stay in place by merely winding it about the wicking.

The shutter may be turned down far enough to bring its upper end nearly to the level of the top of the jet ring. \Yhen the lamp has stood idle for a time. the wicking becomes saturated and must be partially dried out before the lamp can be burned to the best advantage. I pon heating up the Wick tube. the surplus liquid in the wicking above the jet ring will be forced downwardly. The Wire gauze above the jet ring separates the wicking from the wick tube so that the liquid can thus flow down below the jet ring, while the annular chamber 35 forms a receptacle into which the liquid can flow and be taken up again by the wickmg in due time. 1

This prevents the liquid from being forced out of the jets of the jet ring, notwithstanding the fact that these ets are quite a distance below the upper closed end ol' the wick tube. After the surplus liquid has thus been driven down and gas or vapor is generated within the upper part of the wick tube the said 'apor can freely pass downwardly to the jet ring and burn at. the jets. The shutter may be raised so far as to bring its upper end against the cap 31 for extinguishing the flame. l t may also be stopped with its upper end intermediate its two extreme positions. By having the jet ring outside oi the wick tube and the shutter outside of the jet ring, the shutter is necessarily of a larger diameter than the wick tube. By making a portion of the wick tube above the jet ring of an angular form l am enabled to bring the angles thereot closely to the side oi the shutter so that when the shutter is partly elevated the several jets of the jet ring are separated t rom each other and the vapor may passup between the outside oi the wick tube and inside of the shutter and burn only at the upper end of the shutter. \Yerc it not for these angles on the wick tube the llame would extend con tinuously upward from the jets.

I claim as my invention 1. In a vapor lamp, the combination of a font having a boss with a wick tube fitted in the said font and having an annular enlargement at a point within the tout below the top of the said boss. a surrounding jet ring above the said enlargement and adjacent to the said boss, a wicking tor the said wick tube and a sheet of metallic gauze surrounding a portion of the said wicking within the wick tube and extending longitudinally from a point near the lower end of the said enlargement upwardly above the top of the said ring.

2. ln a vapor lamp, the combination of a. font having a top with a wick tube mounted in the said font and having an annular enlargement extending longitudinally above and below the plane of the said top, and a \vicking supported in position by the said wick tube at points above and below the said enlargement, the said wicking and tube having between them an annular space within the said enlargement.

3. In a vapor lamp, the combination of a wicking with a wick tube having an annular enlargement and a sheet of wire gauze interposed bctwcen the wicking and the confront ing face of the said wick tube, the said sheet extending longitudinally of the wick tube over the said enlargement and supported at its opposite ends by the inner wall and the smaller diameter of the wick tube at each end of the said enlargement.

1. In a vapor lamp, the combination of a font with a tubular wick holder fixed in the bottom thereof. the St id wick holder having an internal groove, a split ring mounted within the said groovtn and a wiek tuhe havj its lower end fitted to the said wielci tug holder and provided with a 'leripheral head for engaging the said split ring and tor passing just below the said ring when the wiek tube is fully in place.

5. In a vapor lamp. the combination of a font having a boss with a wiek tube titted therein and having a rap at its upper end and a surrounding; jet ring some distance helow the said upper end adj aeent to the said boss. the said wielc tithe also having an angular portion extending upwardly from the said jet ring to the said eap with the eorners thereot extending outwardl to nearly the size ot the said jet ring, and a shatter the in tenor of whieh is titted to the exterior of the said jet ring, said shutter heing mounted to Y more up and down outside of the said jet ring and angular portion of the said wiek tube.

(3. In a apor lamp, the eombination of a tout having, a boss with a Witli tube fitted therein and ha ring a, rap at its upper end. a jet ringsurrounding the said wiek tnhe helow the said upper end boss. the said \Vlth' tube having an angular adjaeent to the said i portion extending upwardly from the said jet ring to the said cap with the eorners thereot extending outwardly to neal'l} the size of the said jet ring, the said jet ringha ving' a jet in its upper face for each of the taees ot' the said angular portion, and a shutter having its inner wall fitted to the eXterior ot' the said jet ring, the said shutter heing mounted to move up and down outside of the said jet ring and aiigular portion of the wiek tube.

T. In a vapor lamp, the combination of a font having a mouth with a eentral hoss fitted within the said mouth, a shutte arranged to more up and down within the said boss a rat-k mounted on the said shutter to move therewitln a pinion and pinion shal't mounted on the said font for operating the said raelt, and an inset portion in the side ot the said hoss with one edge of the said inset forming a shoulder opposite the plain edge of the said raek to assist in holding the said raek in engagement with the said pinion.

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